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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-16
The MEDICINE CHEST.
Why No Family Should be without a Sup
ply of Simple Remedies.

Why No Family Should be without Sup
ply Of Simple Remedies.
Every family should be supplied with
a small medicine chest, especially in
the country, where the drug store can
not be promptly reached or doctor
visited. These chests can be bought at
prices ranging from SO to $25, according
to size, kind of material used and beauty
of finish. They contain square, velvet
lined compartments into each of which
square bottle with a ground-glass
stopper is fitted. Beneath is a drawer
for salves, plasters and medicines in a
dry state. You can make your own
chest, if handy with tools and disposed
to be economical.
l have had such chest in use for
twenty years. 1t has paid me over, and
overland has often spared me great anX-
iety of mind. 1t contains six four-ounce
bottles in which l keep Jamaica ginger,
camphor, sweet spirits of nitre, mix
ture OF sweet oil and lime water, etc. :
it also contains six two-ounce vials
filled with laudanum, paregoric, hive
slrup, arnica, etc. In the drawer ]
keep chlorate of potash, sugar of lead,
court plaster, ready-spread mustard
plaster, lint, wad of cotton, etc. Ev.
cry article is plainly labeled, and thus
| have at hand many of the remedies
most needed in ordinary emergencies
1t does not require great knowledge
OF medicine to know what to use for
the ordinary ailments of the human
family, especially for the younger mem
bers. In cases of fever a teaspoonful
OF sweet spirits of nitre in a glass OF
water taken at small sips at short III.
tervals is most excellent A
relief for scalds, burns, poison ivy,
etc., will be found in an external
application of sweet oil and lime
water Jamaica ginger is used fol-
cramps in the stomach. Sugar of lead
water used externally will reduce
swellings in the limbs. Hive syrup is
given for Group, Arnica is rubbed on
sprains, bruises, insect bites, etc.
Chlorate of potash is used for sore
throat.
Of course, if the case is serious
one, a physician should be promptly
consulted, but during the interval
these simple remedies can be intelli-
gently used, and such prompt and in
telligent use is often of great service
previous to the arrival of the physician.
More than one physician has said to
me, in substance: you have checked
the disease in its early stage; | have
little to recommend beyond what you
have already done"
My wife and myself have been
alarmed scores of tim S by symptoms
OF fever or Group in our children on
mid-winter midnight, the nearest
physician five miles away. In almost
every instance by giving the little pa
tent sweet spirits of nitre for the fever,
or hive syrup for the Group, we found
the child much better in the morning,
our fears allayed, and the visit of
physician uuneeded. These state
ments, borne out by long experience,
should be sufficient to extend the in
PRODUCTION of the family medicine
chest. l have found it of such great
use to me, in practical, beneficial
and economical way, that am urged
to call the attention of others to its
merits.-Franb II. StGu66r, in Good
Housekeeping
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-16

"A wise farmer will protect the
birds, the insect eaters, robins, cat
birds, blue birds, black birds, thrushes,
orioles, red birds, woodpeckers and the
like. All the birds mentioned have a
mission to perform in the economy OF
nature, The martins destroy weevils,
the quails chinch bugs, the woodpe k
ers Gig worms from the trees, while
others eatworms, caterpillars and bugs.
st. Louis Republican.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-16

If you want to make a good imita-
ton monkey that will please the chill
dren, here are the directions: Make a
large rag doll, and on the side of the
head glue the half of cocoanut shell
that has Il good imitation face. Put on
the head a red-knitted cap, or one
made from red flannel, so that it COW
ers the top aid back of the rag head.
Cover the hands and feet with any kind
of dark brown cloth. Make red fan
mel Jacket, trimmed with small gilt
buttons, and black velvet pants. Dress
the doll in these clothes and see how
the little ones will like it.-BoSton
Budget.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-16

There is nothing better than cut
straw to clean the legs of chickens.
Cover the floor to depth of six inches
with clean, dry straw, that has been
run through cutting box, throw a
few oats and some wheat among it, and
let in the poultry. The amount of
scratching they will do cleans the legs
perfectly, gives them fine exercise, and
does them good in AL particulars. En-
chance.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-16

Barlow had been telling to Jerrold
the story of his courtship and marriage
how his wife had been brought up in
a convent, and was on the point of
taking the veil when his presence burst
upon her enraptured sight. Jerrold
listened to the end of the story, aud,
by way of comment, said: "Ah! she
evidently thought Barlow better than
nun. "-Erchange.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-16

The horse by whose side a colt is
to be broken should have the action de-
sired in the colt. If ne is to be a road
hor2e, the one he is broken with should
be a good, straightforward goer. II
the colt is to be used for heavy work,
his mate should be a good walker,
and should pull steadily at loads.-Prai-
Tie Farmer.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-16

Wife (three a. m)-"It is very
unkind of you, John, to disturb me
at this unseemly hour when you
know l have been making calls all day
and must be very tired" Husband
Gust in)-"Well, I've (hic) been
maxim calls all night, an I'm (hicl
tired, too.-Lite.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-16

One of the men who lets boats on
the PawtuXet says he has some new
ones that are bound 20 suit unmarried
couples, for there is only onl seat in
the boat, and it will be case of two
souls with but a single thwagL-I.Oet-
deRse JVWfaah
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01


unless ydd are robust and hastily
man, you win be IS little use there.
We believe they employ no boys, g
carrying blocks Of granite eighty feet
square up : four hundred foot lad
d err is clumsey and inconvenient work
for boys. We would like to give you
the name Of the contractor, but it has
been mislaid somehow and we cannot
lay our hands on It ct the present time.
In another issue Of the Cyclone ! mo-
ticed leng thy Interview with Joshua
and Gale b, y whb had just arrived home
from an exte nded trip through Oklaho-
ma. But must stop right here and leave
the recital of Joshua's big Grass Sto-
ry' to some one from California
whose console ntious scruples are more
in keeping with this great age of de-
funct facts VIII Lisenbee in Arkansas0
Iauveler.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
A Southern Patriarch,

From Yazoo City I went to Wesson,
a. small town that is noted for the
mississippi Mills" the most extern.
sive manufacturing OF cotton and
wooden fabrics that Is in the South. A
million and quarter are invested
here, and the stock is nearly all owned
by the Richardson family and Capt.
Oliver. The Captain took me through
q mile and hall of it's winding ways,
and but for him I would have been
lost and never found my way out
again. Capt. Oliver is not exactly a
Georgian, but was raised just over the
line at Eufaula. His people, as he
calls them, all love him, and the chill
dren in the factory smile g. welcome
as he comes He is a big:hearted, big
framed man. and feels his great re-
sponsibility for the health and morals
OF every family in the community. He
is wealthy enough to live in large city
and enjoy it's privileges, but says he
is happy here, and has no higher am
bition than to operate these mills and
move like q patriarch among these
humble people. At morning prayers
he gathers his household and his
guests around him, and reads from
the Psalms OF David, and comments
as he reads.
BLESSED is every one that feareth
the Lord and walketh in His ways,
for thou shalt eat the labor of thine
hands and happy shalt thou be-"
"Now, that's so,exactly so-ain't it,
Major? 1t is just as true as gospel.
Happy shalt thou be-yes, that is So"
Then he read on: ''Thy wife shall
be as a fruitful vine, and thy children
like live plants around thy table,"
That's so, too, amt it, Major?
Don't you know that it is so?" he
said.
Well, OF course, do.
Fortunate Wesson, in having such
a man and such friend Bill Arp, in
Atlanta Constitution.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
A Nation of AperS.

The wife of the president cannot
make move but what it is aped by the
society (9 ladies of Washington. Re-
Gently the first lady of the land, wish
ing to add to her already many accom-
plshments, took up French, and now,
every female in Wash ngton, who
claims to be up with the times, has
bought French primmer, and is fair
ly making herself round-shouldered
trying to master the language If the
French legation does not organize a
strike when these would-be's begin
torturing the language in their pres
ence. it will only be out of respect to the
female sex. 1t must be very annoying
to lady like Mrs. Cleveland to bs
placed in such a position that she cam
not even blow her dainty little nose in
an original and graceful manner, with
out having the whole female population
of Washington and vicinity, attempt
ing to do it in the same manner
PecE's San.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
Byron's Genius Defended

From the New York Times. Vs..
The Lyceum Theater was filled by
a goodly crowd Of people, who listen.
ed with interest to lecture upon
Lord Byron given by Professor HAL.
mar H. Boyesen, of Columbia College.
A generation ago. he said, Byron was
universally regarded as one OF the
greatest poets that ever lived. The
reaction which had followed was due
to lone of those outbreaks OF British
virtue which 60 forth now aud then to
seek whom it may devour," and, per.
haps, dated from the appearance oil
"Cain." This work, however, the lect.
urer thought the best that Byron
ever wrote. 1.-THE passage in the sec.
ond act describing the approach Of
Lucifer, is as fine as anything in Mil
ton, and in all English literature
there is nothing that equals in sublim-
ity the description Of the flight Of
Cain through the space of uncreated
darkness. Although the reaction
had been a natural one it would not
be permanent. Byron was destined
to take again his place in the pantheon
OF literature. The fact that the NOR
al ideal had become so developed that
it would not sacrifice morality to ad.
miration OF literary brilliancy was
not to be deplored. But that, in spite
OF his faults, there was sublimity in
Byron that our later and tanner
poets had never reached was certain
~ true. His voice may at times be
harsh and his verse discordant. He
may not have had the correct ear and
well-trained parlor voice ofTennyson,
but his poetry had in it the passion
which other poets lacked. He was
great in great things and little in little
things, with q Titanic disregard OF
law and order.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
Almost an Actual Hanging on the
Stage.
From the New York World.


From the New York World.
A little accident not down on the
bills, and one that might have proved
serious, occurred at the Lee avenue
academy of music, Williamsburg, on
which occasion the "Bunch Of Keys"
company began weeks engagement
at that house. At the end of the Sec
ond act in the hotel scene, Snaggs, the
proprietor Of the hotel, makes a bogus
attempt to hang himself. A set of in
visible harness is about the waist OF
George Lauri, who plays this part,
and the entire weight of his body,
when the trunk is kicked from under
him, comes upon his waist instead of
his neck as it appears to the audience.
When the trunk WAS kicked from un-
der Mr.. Lauri his face began to get
purple, and he struggled altogether
too naturally tor those on the stage
to imagine he was acting. His wife,
Marietta Nash, and Eugene Garfield,
the Grimes, rushed forward and push
ed the trunk under the young man. 1t
was not many minutes too soon, for
Lauri was gasping for breath, and his
neck bore the mark of the rope as it
had worked it's way into the flesh.
His harness had not been properly
arranged, and the rope had not been
fastened to his waist. He was able to
appear in the next act, although he
had received q severe shock.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
Indians Married in Church.

From the Chico {Cal.) Enterprise.
Mr.. James Christoher FRANCO and
Miss Sarah Kelley have been married
at the chapel on the rancheria. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. E.
Graham, and the occasion was re-.
markable as being the first on which
two Indians were ever married here
according to Christian ceremonies.
The bride was attired in rich velvet
dress, with orange blossoms at her
throat and in her hair, and the groom
wore a neat suit of black diagonal.
They went through the ceremony
without break, evidently having
practiced itail beforehand. The church
was crowded with Indians to witness
the wedding, which WAS to them nov
ell affair. There were also number
OF white people present from town.
After the ceremony there WAS 4 gener-
81 kissing all the way around among
the Indians, and they all seemed to feel
asgood asst they had just been married
themselves.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01

injured, but she killed hersslf q mile
down the road. Ichabod sued the
parents OF some Of the children. Then
the parents went to the county town
and the Grand jury were about to in
dict Ichabod and Sam for conspiracy
to deirand Peleg, but Peleg restrained
the enmity, and induced both sides to
pause.
And one winter night Ichabod. now
treated by all as an Ishmaelite,
against whom was every mans hand,
despised and utterly neglected, found
tnat the community, without premed-
itation had made q corner in doctors!
There was but one, good thorough.
bred Doctor Wilson, not unknown to
readers hereof. But when Ichabod
came down to his house, in haste and
tremor, saying that Lyddy was sud,
denly sick, and, he feared, dying, Doc.
tor Wilson, in his great fur coat, met
him at the door and said he had more
calls from other sick people than he
could attend to all the night. For diph.
liberia was in the valley. Then Ichabod
implored the doctor. And the cold face
OF the doctor was set with an expires.
sion which lchabod understood, as
he said "What's q doctor worth to
you in money, Ichabod? Business
is business" Now dollar a visit is
the highest up-country charge ofmedl,
cal men. even on long drives. And
lchabod said, "1'll give you FIVE dol.
lars" and when he saw no change in
the face, said "I'll give you ten. !"
did you ever pay back that twenty
you stole from Peleg?" "pll give you
the twenty" walled the old man, land
twenty MORE" he shouted with a
sob.
"Ah, Ichabod, 1chabod, you're
in a tight corner, and you're miser,
able old man," said DR.. Wilson; 81
don't want your five or your forty.
I'll come" And he went and saved
old Aunt Lyddy for that time. But
1chabod hardened his heart again and
never repented. And Isuppose James
and Martha had some hard times on
the subject, and much unhappiness,
before he brought her up to the vii
lage graveyard where the snow covers
here tonight.
And why should Ichabod repent!
Twenty dollars in two hours! It was
up there the equivalent of twenty
thousand made in like way by a cor.
ner in the market in Il great city
What was there to repent Of? Come
with me to Mrs.---'s reception next
week and you shall see a hundred men
in gay attire-that is as gay as a black
dress coat and white cravat will make
a man appear-and elsewhere you
shall know a Thousand like them who
will tell you that lchabod was a. bold
operator in that kerosene corner, a
worthy example for the boys OF the
district school.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
Second Winning Of Your First
Wife.

1t ever your Wife's honeymoon devo'
ton to you turns cherries, like the
old OF the moon, don't return to your
honeymoon treatment Of her; don't
rush home from business at the first
possible moment with g. basket oil
choice fruit and meet her with kiss
and g. caress; don't compliment her
taste in dress, the neatness of tbs
sitting-rcom nor the appetizing all
she has breathed in the dining-room.
Put away those boyish habits and
command her devotion by bringing
home on your face the cloud Of a
days business; be late about it.,
too Then try to find some
new fault with her and don't let he,
forget one Of the old set. Taboo her
virtues and praise other women's,
Call her "you," and if she's hard at
work from 8 A. M. to 10 p. NJ growl
because she hires tho washing done,
and if she dare ask for money insist
on knowing what she did with the
twenty-five cents you ''gave" her last
week. And then if she doesn't prove
familiar with the points and pedigree
Ol your parry cAnOluaCe IOr congress
laugh at her and tell her how stupid
it would be to let such disinterested
creatures vote!
Don't count sixteen hours day
for you and the children any.
thing, but wonder why she doesn't
read the daily papers and the, re.
views, and take an interest in politics,
art, music, science, history and the
''labor" question. Let her split the
kindl:ngs, build the fire, tend the teeth.
ing baby and broil the steak; then,
when she can get you up to breakfast
you sit down sour and grumble till she
cries, finding the steak either over.
done or UNDERGONE, if you have to kill
truth for it.
II all this "devotion"on your part
fails to Irvine her arms about your
neck, find lot of fault with her to the
children; and, turning your back to
her in the evening, perorate your ef-
forts for that day with glowing eulo'
gy on the beauty, taste, culture and
housekeeping OF Smiths wife.
Now, husband, what further excuse
can you have for a chilling time at
your own fireside?--James Clement
Ambrose.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
A Russian Volcano.

Not long ago the town OF Baku was
threatened with partial destruction
by the sudden outburst Of natural
naphtha fountain, which swamped a
number OF buildings and for some days
was quite unmanageable. Now u vol.
cano of @arth and hot mud has brok.
en- out about ten miles from the
town on the Lok Batan, close to- the
Ponta railway station, and on the
night OF the 18th OF January the in.
habitants of Baku were alarmed by a
shock like that of on explosion, which
made all their window panes tremble
violently, while towards the south.
west the sky was illuminated by an
intense light as of some terrific con-
aagration. A similar phenomenon
occurred on the following night. 1t
was soon discovered that an eruption
from Lok Batan had taken place,
and the following information was
furnished by the railway oficiala
of Ponta station: ~. ~. ~ s.as-s.
'.Quite suddenly, at eleven o'clock
at night, the noise OF an explosion
was heard, and the summit Of Lok
Batan shot up an enormous column
of fire some $50 feet high. The whole
country was Instantly lit up brighter
than day. and the heat could be felt
at nearly q mile from the crater
There was scarcely any wind, SO that
the column continued to ascend quite
vertically, carrying with it, as could
be seen. large dark subst ances which
aDneared to fall again into the yoIcar
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
Maxirns of Bilius Maximus.

Treat your friends as you treat your
corns-when troublesome, cut 'em.
Friends are like flies; if you have a
bald place they settle on it.
A friend in need is a friend to be
avoided. He will assuredly want to
borrow half crown of you.
Never offer to post letter for a
friend. The accidental dropping of a
letter may change friends into tiends.
Friendship is a ship that takes every
opportunity of going into your port,
The dog is called the friend of man.
This is because he can't eat man, and
man won't eat him.
Friendly relations often lead to very
unfriendly cussin's.
The Society of Friends overnight has
been known to convert man into q
Shaker next morning. --.Judy.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
London Climbs.

As they are generally started on
speculation, their committees are free
from fastidiousness, and men are
tempted to enroll themselves by the
temporary suspension of entry money.
The consequence is that the conditions
of membership are a creditable char
acter and decent coat. The mouveau
richie meets tho briefess barrister; the
author in embryo who once would have
dined in Grub street with Duke Humph-
rev has now his joint and his ''table''
in Piccadilly or Pail Mall; and assured
" society has gained by the increasing
facilities of club membership. The
selfmade men of money and the bril-
liant bohemian must conform to the
common standard of respecta bility.
The one is being educated in spite of
himself, if he have any capacity for
education, and the other is spared the
temptations which might otherwise
brought genius to grief. Time and
even money may be wasted at the clubs,
but the general tone of their manners
is unimpeachable, and on the whole
their influences have been all for good.
No lively young law student need be
driven to choose now between lonely
evening in his dreary chambers and
| the spirits and tobacco of a tavern. The
lawyer in busy practice is no longer
| condemned to seek solitary relaxation
over his bottles of port. Man meets
man, mind clashes with mind, and
sparks Of bright intelligence are set fly
ing, as from the sharp contact of flint
and steel. We do not desire to draw
an ideal picture. No doubt there is
dizziness enough in the clubs, with the
infinite trivialites of unmeaning chat
ter; while perverse spirits bent on 60
ing to the mischief will be held back by
| the conceivable restraints But the
clubs keep many man from harm; at
least they cultivate the virtues OF SUPER
1ic;al self respect, and they warm up
the interest in public affairs which goes
far toward making a man useful citi-
zen.-1he Saturday Review.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01

edfood to thosewho were ii the streeta
Many Of the buildings were wrenched in
e wonderful manner. and IN both Nict
and Rome there were many buildings
that were just pulled apart. As the
refugees, as they were called, began ia
arrive in Paris, we exchanged our ex.
periences, and although lean recall
many things vividly the majority arr
like a horriblenightmare." r.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
Give Him a, Fair Show.

Mrs. Bagley-'tI can't understand
what you see in Jupkins to make q
friend of him.
Bagley-'.Ah, you don't know him,
Susan! A man of remarkable acumen,
bright and witty and perfect gentle
man when he is in the humor."
Mrs. R-*Then why don't you bring
him around here sometime when he is
soberP'- Phsladelphia Coll. ~.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
Who Took the Prize

where do you come from?'' asked
a Dallas man Of neighbor.
I'm just in from the fair grounds"
'Have the judges OF live stock
awarded the prize to the biggest
jack?''
''They have"
Ibid my uncle or my father get ita"
Neither of them. A strange dom
key from Eastern Texas got the prize"
--Teras Siftinqs
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-04-01
Come Over and Help Us

The Emperor Of China has deereed
that henceforth there shall be no reli-
gious intolerance in his realm. II he
succeeds in carrying out this reform, is
is to be hoped that his Majesty may be
induced to visit America on occurring
tour and show our people how tho
thing is done. Boston Transcript.